Compact folding vapor-bath cabinet.



P. DEPENBROGK. COMPACT FOLDING VAPOR BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1914.

Patented Apr. 7, 191 i COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D, c.

FRANK DEPENBROCK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMPACT FOLDING VAPOR-BATH CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. *7, 1914.

Application filed January 24, 1914. Serial No. 814,215.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DnPnNnnooK, citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compact Folding Vapor-Bath Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improve- .ments in portable vapor bath cabinets, and has among its objects to provide an eX- tremely simple form of device capable of being economically produced and which will be folding or collapsible so that it may be readily folded into a compact space for convenient shipment, thus adapting it for use as a mail order article and which, at the same time, may be readily unfolded and set up without requiring any particular degree of skill on the part of the user.

A further object is to provide an apparatus of the character described in which the upper ring or frame supporting the flexible covering may be readily swung back out of the way to provide entrance of the user to the cabinet, and as readily pulled down to drop the covering around the chair upon which the user is seated.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel features of construction and arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and particularly defined by the appended claims.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cabinet, the position occupied the upper frame when swung up to permit entrance to and exit from the cabinet being indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the joint connecting the upper frame with the upper end of the standard; Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of said upper joint; Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the lower joint; Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of the same; Fig. 6 i an edge view of the frame when folded, the fabric covering being omitted from this view for clearness of illustration.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing, the numeral 1 designates the lower frame member which I preferably make of circular or ring form, and 2 the upper member of Similar shape. These are preferably composed of tubular metal and are connected at one side by hinged oints to the upper and lower ends of a standard 3. This standard is made of approximately the same height as the diameter of the rings, or in other words the distance apart of the pivotal connection of the upper and lower frames is approximately equal to the diameter of the frames so that when the base frame is folded up against the standard into the position indicated by dotted lines 1 and the top frame is folded back and down into the position indicated by dotted line 2, Fig. 1, the entire frame will be in a very compact condition for shipping, appearing in edge view as shown in Fig. (3. The frames are of sufficient size to enable a person to be seated upon a chair within the cover or curtain supported by the upper ring, a chair being indicated at 4, and the depending portion of the covering at 5. The horizontal covering portion is also carried by the upper frame, as indicated at 6, which is provided with an opening for the neck, as indicated at 7, which opening is provided witha drawstring so that the edge may be closed snugly around the neck of the user and also a hand hole 7. The upright is preferably also of tubular form, and a con venient manner of constructing the lower joint is to rivet or otherwise secure in the lower end of the standard a T member 8, the horizontal portion or head of which is pivotally mounted upon a pin 9, the ends of which are secured within adjoining ends of the lower frame by suitable means such as rivets indicated at 10.

In order to hold the standard in a vertical position with relation to the lower frame when the apparatus is to be used for bath purposes, I provide a removable pin 11 which is inserted in alining openings in the members 8 and 9, pin 11 being held against loss by a flexible element 12 connecting it, for example, to the standard 8. By removing the pin the lower or base frame 1 may be swung up against the standard, as hereinbefore described. a

The upper joint is preferably formed by having the frame or ring 2 hinged upon the arms 13 of a sheet metal bracket or clip 13, which is iveted or pinned to the upper end of the standard. It is desirable that this pivotal joint shall be such that the upper frame may be held in the horizontal position indicated by full lines in Fig. 1 or thrown up and held automatically in the position indicated by dotted lines in said figure to 7 permit entrance to and eXit from the cabinet, and so that the manipulation of the ring may be effected by simply reaching up and pulling it up or down. In order to retain the frame in either of these two positions, I provide the frame at its pivot point with two stop members 14 and 14 which may be conveniently formed by the edges of a segmental top plate 14, these stop members being designed to contact with a pin 15 passed through alining openings in the arms of the bracket 13. When the stop member 14* is in contact with the pin, as shown in Fig. 8, the upper frame or ring will be held in horizontal position, while when the stop 14 is in contact with the pin, the frame will be backwardly inclined, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and held in this position by gravity. When the frame is to be collapsed or folded into the position shown in Fig. 6, the pin 15 is removed from the bracket, allowing the upper frame to be folded clear back against the standard and insubstantially the same plane therewith, as hereinbefore described.

The upper frame carries suitable tapes or straps indicated at 16, so that the depending curtain or collar 5 may be drawn up and held suspended by these tapes, and while in this position the upper frame would be swung back to the upper inclined position. Thereafter the user would take his or her seat upon the chair within the lower frame, reach up and pull down the frame, then release the curtain, when everything would be in readiness for the vapor bath.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A vapor bath cabinet comprising lower and upper frames, a single standard pivotally connected at its upper and lower ends -means for the lower pivotal connection, relatively inclined stops carried by the pivot of the upper frame, and a removable stop pin with which said stops 'coact.

3. In combination a lower frame member or ring, a standard pivotally connected thereto, locking means for said pivotal connection, a two-armed bracket carried by the upper end of said standard, an upper ring or frame member pivotally supported by the arms of said bracket, relatively inclined stopcmembers carried by said ring or frame member between the arms of the bracket, and a removable pin passing through the arms of the bracket for coacting with said stops, substantially as described.,-

4. In combination a pair ofupper and lower rings or frame members, a standard pivotally connected to said upper and lower rings by lock joints, a fabric cover for the upper frame member having a head opening, a side cover or curtain depending from the upper frame member, and fastening devices for holding the curtain elevated, substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. V

FRANK DEPENBROCK.

Witnesses: V

JAMns M. SPEAK, BENNETT S. JONES.

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